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An A320 captain reported losing FMC navigation capability; autopilot and autothrottles. He elected to divert to a nearby airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 928891 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201101 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise Descent |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Navigational Equipment and Processing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 230 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 8500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
Autopilot [and] auto-throttles kicked off four times with subsequent loss of navigation maps (we still had VOR/DME/heading capability). Each time we were able to restore all units for a limited time (only minutes between failures). After the fourth time; [the] captain called center; explained that we had lost our navigation capability and wanted vectors to [a nearby airport] (we were only approximately 45 minutes out). Did not declare [an] emergency. [Aircraft was] hand flown [to an] uneventful landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A320 Captain reported losing FMC navigation capability; autopilot and autothrottles. He elected to divert to a nearby airport.
Narrative: Autopilot [and] auto-throttles kicked off four times with subsequent loss of navigation maps (we still had VOR/DME/heading capability). Each time we were able to restore all units for a limited time (only minutes between failures). After the fourth time; [the] Captain called Center; explained that we had lost our navigation capability and wanted vectors to [a nearby airport] (we were only approximately 45 minutes out). Did not declare [an] emergency. [Aircraft was] hand flown [to an] uneventful landing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.